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NRP LIMPOPO |
Portuguese gunboat NRP LIMPOPO, imo 6100021/ 37,8m/ 288dt/ 11kn/ complement 40 men; 1890 completed by Thames Ironworks Shipbuilding Co., Blackwater, as mix gunboat (sails and engine) for Portuguese Royal Navy to be intended for service in the Limpopo river, Portuguese East Africa; 1920 modernised; 05/1939 decommissioned and transferred to Naval Brigade; 19/03/1943 laid up; 05/1943 Limpopo, F. Garcia & Cia., Lda, Oporto, converted her as a coastal lighter, in Oporto. Subsequent history untraced. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/24/news/24iht-old24_ed3__1.html?_r=0 ( Press ) |
Username | Rui Amaro |
Shipowner | Portuguese Navy |
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IMO Number | 6100021 |
Type of ship | gunboat |
Year of build and builder | 1890 completed by Thames Ironworks Shipbuilding Co., Blackwater, |
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Added on | 21/03/2013 |
Dimension | 600 x 362 |
viewed | 1818 |